University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a first century AD Roman fort in south east Cornwall that is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The first, excavated in 1969, is at Nanstallon, near Bodminand the second, only discovered in 2006, is near Restormel Castle, Lostwithiel.

The latest find is next to St Andrew’s Church, at Calstock. ‘All three sites are close to mineral deposits in areas associated with tin mining’, says Dr Stephen Rippon of Exeter’s School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, ‘and this may be the significant factor in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall.’

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